Tim Walz: “I absolutely hear you on this issue. I think this privacy issue on accessing data is absolutely critical. And it is…”

Fraud warnings were elevated to the most senior levels of the Minnesota state government, meaningful corrective action was delayed or avoided, and payments continued long after credible signs of fraud emerged.

Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went.

But demonizing an entire group of people by their race and their ethnicity? A very group of people who contribute to the vitality − economic, cultural − of this state, is something I hoped we'd never have to see.

Donald Trump and his allies – in Washington, in St Paul and online – want to make our state a colder, meaner place.